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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 130, 1 June 1872, Page 1

Public Notices. INANGAHUA REEFS. The undersigned have FOR SALE the following Shares : 100 Shares in Wealth of Nations Claim 50 „ Westland Goldmining Company. 500 „ Golden Hill Goldmining Company, 100 „ Phoenix Goldmining Company. 500 „ Victoria Goldmining Company. 5 „ Nohouse Water Race Company. Wm. STAVERT & CO., 1094 Auctioneers GOLDEN ~T ADDER SERIES, JL_ COMPRISING K_s Golden Ladder House in Town Vinegar Hill Nettie's Mission The Three Little Spades Ellen Montgomery's Bookshelf The Old Helmet Daisy in the Field What She Could and Opportunities Stepping Heavenward Walks from Eden The Star of Jacob House of Israel "POETICAL TTTORKS--. Byron, Longfellow, Milton, Wordsworth, Cowper, James Montgomery, Moore, Kirke White, Herbert. R. LUCAS & SON. SOUTH PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY [Limited.] Capital £200,000, In 20,000 Shares of £10 each; £6 of which will be at once called up, viz., £1 on application, and £5 on allotment. For the convenience of Investors, one-half of the called amount may be paid by bills at three and six months, bearing 8 per cent, interest. If no allotment is made, the deposit money will be returned in full. Provisional Directors: Hon. Edward Cohen, M. P. Charles Croaker, Esq . (Messrs. Croaker, Scott, & Co.) Charles Ibbotson, Esq. (Mesrs. Dalgety, Ibbotson & Co., Geelong ) Hon. C. J. Jenner M. L. C. Captain Hugh Macmeikau. R. Twenttman, Esq. Bankers : Union Bank op Australia. Solicitors : Macgregor, Ramsay, & Brake. Broker . John Watson. Secretary, pro tern:. Edward Langton, M. P. Temporary Offices: 68, Temple Court, Melbourne. The object of the company is to procure and maintain a fleet of first-class steamers, to be employed in the trade between the several Australian Colonies and New Zealand, and in such other branches of trade as may be considered advisable. In the first instance, it is proposed to purchase the undermentioned well-known vessels, now the property of Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood. Tons Horse Power. OMEO ... 820 ... 120 ALBION 806 ... 160 ALHAMBRA 765 ... 140 TARARUA 692 ... 155 GOTHENBURG ... 674 ... 120 i CLAUD HAMILTON 668 ... 100 iRANGITOTO ... ... 574 ... 140 ; ALDINGA ... ... 447 ... 140 iCO ORONG 390 ... 70 , la addition to the steamships, Messrs IMoMeckan and Blackwood will Sell to the j Company the Corner Block of Flinders and , King-streets, 'Melbourne, upon which their present Offices Stand, with other Buildings , He to tenants. . i The price at which tbe Steamships' Premises land Good Will of the, Business are offered to the Company is £165,000, which . includes all the spare gear, sails, yards, shafts, propellers, machinery, &c, whether on board or ashore, ahd all stores and coals aboard when ships are taken ( over. : '~* :•■ . There will be no Promoters' Shares, and Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood pay preliminary expenses. . , 1 Iviessrs. McMeckan & Blackwood are willing ' ,to take £50,000 in shares, or such other amount , as the Provisioni-l Directors may determine on. That the undertaking- will be" eminently profitable,. may be gathered from the fact that i the ,#__ earnings, pf eight. ; of the vessels Ior s the year ; 1871 was j.34,748 . (the Albion not cbrnmence _ii___i_ig 'until December), "showing' a I return 1 of upwards of 15 pcr 1 cent, per annum. ' ; Prospectuses , Forms of Application, and full particulars can behad from the undersigned, > . ■■ ii empowered to receive ' applications for shares, i with deposits, which must accompany each appliI cation., .7.-)!.,,, „, „-,.,• .;.;,:'-,■ .■-•:• , 020 TnOULSQ^rTmpTS, Ageiit.